randyrippley
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When the class 27 started production the class 33 were already being built as a class 26 development, and the class 25 were also being built.
It's always struck me that it would have made more sense to have built the 27s as the higher powered 33 given that many of them initially went to freight duties on the ER and LMR. If more steam heated type 2s had been needed then boilers could have fitted to more class 25s. Would have eliminated a complete class and helped rationalise spares stocks, while giving an uprate in power.
So why were the 27s built? Was it the old problem of Crompton-Parkinson not being able to hit delivery targets?
It's always struck me that it would have made more sense to have built the 27s as the higher powered 33 given that many of them initially went to freight duties on the ER and LMR. If more steam heated type 2s had been needed then boilers could have fitted to more class 25s. Would have eliminated a complete class and helped rationalise spares stocks, while giving an uprate in power.
So why were the 27s built? Was it the old problem of Crompton-Parkinson not being able to hit delivery targets?